USF World News

The fourth annual “Confucius Institute (CI) Day” celebration was held on September 28 during 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at the USF Patel Center for Global Solutions. Participants included about 200 middle-high school students and teachers from the Middleton High School and Village of Excellence Academy. (Read More…)

George (Bern) Griffith is a world traveler particularly to the Greater China region. He traveled to Hong Kong and Macao in the late 1950s, and then made numerous trips to China. Over the years, he accumulated a large collection of Chinese artifacts, some dating back to hundreds of years. Recently, he decided to donate ten items to USF to be displayed for the students and faculty as well as the larger community. (Read More…)

Confucius Institute Lectures by Dr. Smagula, Dr. Tian and More in the Spring

May 26, 2017

Our USF Confucius Institute (CI) sponsors typically host at least three CI lectures each semester. This spring, however, we did much more by hosting and co-sponsoring six lectures with several prominent invited speakers. (Read More…)

HSK(K) and YCT Chinese Proficiency Tests at USF

April 12, 2017

Last month the USF World Confucius Institute (CI) administered the spring semester Chinese language proficiency tests at USF (HSK for adults and HSKK a speaking test) and Pine View School (YCT for K-12 students). (Read More…)

February 8, 2016

Dr. Milan discusses the role of Saudi Arabia and Turkey in the delay in Syria Peace Talks in Geneva in an interview with Ofogh VOA TV | Watch Here

12 USF Students Awarded Gilman Scholarship for Summer 2015

June 8, 2015

From Costa Rica to South Korea, 12 undergraduate students will travel to all corners of the world this summer for a range of study abroad programs after they were each awarded a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. The students will have the opportunity of a lifetime to be engaged with other cultures and languages, while furthering their studies related to each respective major. (Read More…)